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LinkedIn’s new AI search tool lets you describe your ideal jobLinkedIn’s new AI search tool lets you describe your ideal job
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LinkedIn will let your verified identity show up on other platformsLinkedIn will let your verified identity show up on other platforms
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LinkedIn has a new puzzle game: Zip.

As you connect numbered dots across a grid, Zip challenges you to fill in each square along the way. It joins LinkedIn’s wider lineup of daily games, which are, admittedly, pretty fun.

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LinkedIn now has over 55 million verified users.

The company tells CNBC that it has the “most verified individual human identities of any major social network.” LinkedIn plans to authenticate the identities of 100 million users by 2025 through its free verification process. It will also start showing verification badges on posts within the main feed, CNBC reports.

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LinkedIn has been fined over $300 million for violating European privacy rules.

The ruling was made by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) following a complaint filed in 2018 that said LinkedIn’s tracking ads business violated GDPR.

DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle commented:

“The lawfulness of processing is a fundamental aspect of data protection law and the processing of personal data without an appropriate legal basis is a clear and serious violation of a data subjects’ fundamental right to data protection.”

DPC Ireland released this infographic to summarize the situation.
DPC Ireland released this infographic to summarize the situation.
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LinkedIn is training AI models on your dataLinkedIn is training AI models on your data
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LinkedIn expands its AI job-hunting features for Premium subscribersLinkedIn expands its AI job-hunting features for Premium subscribers
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I regret to inform you that LinkedIn’s games are very funI regret to inform you that LinkedIn’s games are very fun
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Even LinkedIn is trying TikTok-like videos now.

LinkedIn confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s testing a short-form video feed housed within a new “video” tab on the app, which one user shows off here.

The Microsoft-owned platform is the latest to jump on the vertical video bandwagon, following Twitch, Reddit, Spotify, and even Netflix in experimenting with similar features.

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Would you like to play a game?

Screenshots posted by App researcher Nima Owji show that LinkedIn is testing games, with companies ranked on how well their employees do. TechCrunch published some official screenshots supplied by LinkedIn, which confirmed the games.

Pour one out for the first team that gets berated by their boss over their company’s Crossclimb score.

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“How does LinkedIn become an AI-first product, just like we became a mobile-first product or a social-first product?”

LinkedIn COO Daniel Shapero says we should all get comfortable with AI, and dismisses the notion that AI is overhyped.

And if you’re considering job hopping and want some advice? “The best career decisions that I’ve ever made have been about the people I got to work with,” he says.

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LinkedIn is adding AI tools for generating profile copy and job descriptionsLinkedIn is adding AI tools for generating profile copy and job descriptions
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LinkedIn’s flood of ‘collaborative’ articles start out with AI promptsLinkedIn’s flood of ‘collaborative’ articles start out with AI prompts
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Your internet life needs a Feeds Reboot — here’s how to do itYour internet life needs a Feeds Reboot — here’s how to do it
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LinkedIn to launch audio events later this monthLinkedIn to launch audio events later this month
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Microsoft to ‘sunset’ LinkedIn for China, and replace it with an app lacking social media featuresMicrosoft to ‘sunset’ LinkedIn for China, and replace it with an app lacking social media features
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Clubhouse and its clones have an accessibility problemClubhouse and its clones have an accessibility problem
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Another 500 million accounts have leaked online, and LinkedIn’s in the hot seatAnother 500 million accounts have leaked online, and LinkedIn’s in the hot seat
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Even LinkedIn is making a Clubhouse cloneEven LinkedIn is making a Clubhouse clone
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Anti-Asian hate is spilling over to LinkedInAnti-Asian hate is spilling over to LinkedIn
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LinkedIn will let you upload audio clips to tell people how to pronounce your nameLinkedIn will let you upload audio clips to tell people how to pronounce your name
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LinkedIn says it will stop repeatedly copying iOS clipboardLinkedIn says it will stop repeatedly copying iOS clipboard
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LinkedIn employees use forum about diversity to defend racism

The comments came during a town hall meeting amid the George Floyd protests

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Zoom has disabled a feature that was exposing users’ LinkedIn profilesZoom has disabled a feature that was exposing users’ LinkedIn profiles
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LinkedIn makes all job interviews virtual due to coronavirusLinkedIn makes all job interviews virtual due to coronavirus
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LinkedIn is testing Snapchat-like stories because that’s the world we live in nowLinkedIn is testing Snapchat-like stories because that’s the world we live in now
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LinkedIn used 18 million non-user e-mails to target Facebook adsLinkedIn used 18 million non-user e-mails to target Facebook ads
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Microsoft is building LinkedIn into Outlook and other Office appsMicrosoft is building LinkedIn into Outlook and other Office apps
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LinkedIn’s video filters are even more boring than you’d expectLinkedIn’s video filters are even more boring than you’d expect
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Microsoft launches its LinkedIn-powered Resume Assistant to Office 365 subscribersMicrosoft launches its LinkedIn-powered Resume Assistant to Office 365 subscribers
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LinkedIn adds video support to become more of a social networkLinkedIn adds video support to become more of a social network
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LinkedIn’s latest millennial bait is a Tinder-style mentorship serviceLinkedIn’s latest millennial bait is a Tinder-style mentorship service
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LinkedIn’s new design looks a lot like FacebookLinkedIn’s new design looks a lot like Facebook
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Russia is erasing Linkedin from app storesRussia is erasing Linkedin from app stores
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LinkedIn notifications in Windows will be a special kind of hellLinkedIn notifications in Windows will be a special kind of hell
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